Elbow injuries, particularly chronic overuse injuries, occur most commonly in athletes that participate in throwing or overhead activities and frequently are the result of valgus stress. Fractures usually result from a fall on the outstretched hand but can also occur due to a direct impact to the...
Repetitive mechanisms would cause chronic bursitis injuries whereas a fall onto the tip of the elbow would cause an acute bursitis. According to Anderson, M.K., Parr, G.P., and Hall, S.J. (2009), there is an equal distribution of those that sustain injuries through one acute mechanism v...
You can injure your elbow in a variety of ways, from overuse (athletic injuries) to an acute traumatic event (a fall or direct blow). Some common events that result in elbow fractures include: When you fall backward, off a snowboard for example, you may attempt to brace the fall with y...
Hello everyone, I've started playing tennis 10 months ago, my technique is still developing. I am a person who is very paranoid about injuries so I am looking to buy a racket which is easy on my elbow and wrist. I've had wrist and elbow pain before. So let me summarize my history...
Some injuries, hopefully, are one-time events, like when you fall or get hit hard while playing a sport. Dislocated elbow.When one of the bones that forms the elbow gets knocked out of place, you have a dislocated elbow. One of the more common causes is when you put your hand out to...
Whenever we fall, the first thing we do is stick out our arm to break the fall. Injuries like this to the elbow often push the joint out of position or cause a fracture in the bones. Arthritis Aging causes inevitable wear and tear, but for some, weakness and poor flexibility in the ...
The injuries from the fall are part of the work injury as someone falling, due to balance issues from the surgery, while rehabbing is a known and accepted consequence. Of course the work comp insurer is fighting us arguing that her home rehab should only have been indoors and not outdoors ...
Injuries that occurred due to other mechanisms, such as being hit by a ball, colliding with another player, or trauma from a fall, were excluded from the statistical analyses. To avoid recall bias, participants were asked to complete a daily self-recorded questionnaire regarding the presence of...
One of the most common injuries that anyone can suffer from is sustaining an injury to the Rotator Cuff. This injury is so common because one can easily suffer an acute injury from a fall or accident, but also a chronic injury can occur from repetitive motions such as throwing a ...
Tendon Injuries in the Elbow Elbow pain can also involve tendon injury, as in the cases of tennis or golfer’s elbow. The extensor tendons move the wrist up, and in tennis elbow, these can be damaged. In golfer’s elbow, it is the flexor tendons that get injured, as they move the ...